Fixed Samsung Galaxy Note 7 to reach consumers by Sep 21

Samsung finally has an availability date for its infamous Galaxy Note 7 phablet. The Note 7, which has been in the news for all the wrong reasons lately, after having received a string of positive critic reviews, will be available for buying in early October. Meanwhile, "replacement stock of the Galaxy Note 7 will be available to customers from September 21," Samsung Australia announced on Friday.

This means, buyers in Australia, who had already bought the Note 7 and opted for a replacement post recall of the handset, will start receiving fixed units starting from September 21. Meanwhile, potential buyers who are looking to buy the Note 7, can purchase it from retail stores - and online - starting from early October.

The company has also informed that the "new Galaxy Note7 packaging has clear identifiers on the box; a small black square on the white barcode label along with a white sticker with a blue letter 'S' to identify new units from probable faulty ones.

Note that the announcement comes from Australia subsidiary of Samsung, and shouldn't be confused for global availability. Having said that, since Samsung has an availability date for one subsidiary now, it will be only about time that the Note 7 gets back into business in other markets, including India, in the days to follow.

"Our number one priority is the safety of our customers, which is why we've worked hard to provide new replacement Note 7 devices as quickly as possible. We appreciate our customers' continued support as we start to deliver this new stock to operators and retailers around the country from September 21," Richard Fink, Vice President IT & Mobile, Samsung Electronics Australia said in a statement.

The Note 7 is yet to be available for buying in India. The company on September 8 announced that it will give away the new Gear VR headset for free to those who have previously pre-booked the device possibly to keep potential buyers from drifting away, to other options.

In another news, Samsung has gone ahead and explained - albeit briefly - why the Note 7 has been exploding, on its UK website. Calling it a very rare manufacturing process error, it said that "overheating of the battery cell occurs when the anode-to-cathode came into a very rare manufacturing process error" resulting in explosion.

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